The last editions of the IET India Awards have seen phenomenal participation, with more than 1000 nominations across the seven categories.
Applications for the next edition will open in June 2025.
Our external jury, comprising engineering and technology experts, will evaluate all nominations. Further information about each award can be found below.
Please get in touch with us for further information at IndiaAwards@theiet.in.
Who should apply?
The IET India Awards invites changemakers and leaders of engineering and technology in the Indian ecosystem who have made waves in the space of Future Tech, the Future of Work, and Mobility and Transport.
We welcome applications from individuals, teams and organisations in academia, government, industry, or non-profit domains.
IET India Young Woman Engineer Award
IET Young Woman Engineer Award celebrates young women engineers, under the age of 35 who have made a positive impact on the Indian engineering ecosystem.
The nominee should have a body of work which demonstrates the ability and influence to further the engineering discipline in academic/corporate or research and development settings in India.
The Youth Engineering Icon of the Year
IET Youth Engineering Icon of the Year Award recognises exemplary contribution by a single individual, under the age of 35, to the Indian engineering ecosystem in research, excellence in engineering technology development or technology transfer.
The nominee should have played an instrumental role in leading a project or work area that has the potential to create a far-reaching impact on engineering or the growth of engineering as a discipline.
The IET India Volunteering Award
At the IET, we often say, “we are our volunteers”. The IET India Volunteering Award recognises commitment and contributions by a single volunteer to further the IET’s cause in the region.
The nominee should have demonstrated IET’s core values of integrity, excellence, and teamwork to deliver activities and larger impact and build an ecosystem of volunteers for the region.
This award is not open to self-nomination.
The IET India Future Tech Award
Technology is at the core of delivering impact.
The IET India Future Tech Award recognises an individual, team, project or organisation that has used multidisciplinary technologies including, but not limited to AI/Blockchain or distributed ledger technologies, IoT or Machine Learning to deliver large-scale impact – to businesses, industries, or ecosystems at large.
The IET India Mobility Award
The IET India Mobility Award recognises demonstrated excellence in pioneering new mobility solutions for the country. We are looking for nominees who have disrupted the mobility space with new modes of ‘moving’ people or things as well as leveraged new business models.
The awards also aim to recognise solutions that have a positive impact on carbon footprint, contributed to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)/or have the potential to contribute to attaining net-zero targets.
The IET India Future of Work Award
The IET India Future of Work Award recognises organisations that have used technology to transform the way they work by developing pioneering products and solutions that support the new work order as well as help deliver on diversity and inclusion parameters.
It will identify and applaud best practices adopted by the organisation to truly herald the futuristic ways of working in their physical and virtual set-up, thereby setting a great example for the ‘Future of Work’.
The IET India Lifetime Achievement Award
IET India Lifetime Achievement Award seeks to recognise exemplary contributions by a single individual to the Indian engineering ecosystem. The nominee should have a substantial body of work, contributing to the Indian technology landscape.
This category is not open to self-nomination.
About the IET India Awards
All our awards are non-monetary awards aimed at recognising extraordinary engineers and engineering. Winners will receive a citation (certificate/plaque) to signify their winning of the award.
They will feature prominently on IET India’s social media channels and will also possibly be covered by Indian media outlets.